RE: This is not a desert?

Posted by: CKing at Tue Apr 13 23:48:15 2004 [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by CKing ]

Troy wrote:

"A more principled person would have simply acknowledged THAT HE WAS WRONG!

Oh, and since the Trans-Pecos region of west Texas receives more than 10" of rainfall on average per year, it cannot be precisely described as a true Desert - since, by definition, deserts receive 10" of rainfall or less, on average, per year."

Me:

According to Troy's definition of a desert and according to his own claim, Val Verde County is not a desert. Below is a photograph of Val Verde County near Langtry. The treeless, rocky area within this photograph is NOT a desert according to Troy! And of course I am wrong for claiming that the Chihuahuan Desert is a desert according to Troy! Since there are a few tufts of grass at the side of the road, perhaps we should call this area a grassland instead. Or may be we should call this a woodland habitat because, according to Troy, L. alterna lives in woodland habitats but it is not a snake adapted to the desert. Since the area in this photograph is prime L. alterna habitat, and since L. alterna is not a desert reptile, we can never call this area a desert, especially since it receives more than 10 inches of rainfall per year according to Troy.

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Hyla ('Pseudacris') regilla - a potential can of taxonomic worms - CKing, Wed Mar 31 12:42:48 2004

RE: Hyla ('Pseudacris') regilla - a potential can of taxonomic worms - dhl, Wed Mar 31 19:00:43 2004

RE: Hyla ('Pseudacris') regilla - a potential can of taxonomic worms - CKing, Fri Apr 2 02:55:42 2004

Sure, it probably isn't the final word.... - dhl, Fri Apr 2 10:16:49 2004

RE: Sure, it probably isn't the final word.... - CKing, Fri Apr 2 13:48:51 2004

RE: Sure, it probably isn't the final word.... - dhl, Sat Apr 3 01:17:22 2004

RE: Sure, it probably isn't the final word.... - CKing, Sat Apr 3 08:32:51 2004

RE: Sure, it probably isn't the final word.... - dhl, Sun Apr 4 03:41:23 2004

RE: Sure, it probably isn't the final word.... - CKing, Sun Apr 4 19:54:41 2004

RE: Sure, it probably isn't the final word.... - dhl, Tue Apr 6 01:38:13 2004

RE: Sure, it probably isn't the final word.... - CKing, Tue Apr 6 16:17:33 2004

RE: Sure, it probably isn't the final word.... - shawn lockhart, Tue Apr 6 16:46:22 2004

RE: Sure, it probably isn't the final word.... - CKing, Tue Apr 6 20:37:28 2004

so, why is she now doing mtDNA work herself? - troy h, Mon Apr 12 23:53:31 2004

RE: so, why is she now doing mtDNA work herself? - CKing, Tue Apr 13 02:41:13 2004

since I've proven him wrong elsewhere . . . - troy h, Tue Apr 13 06:59:06 2004

RE: Immunological data - CKing, Tue Apr 13 12:45:46 2004

RE: Sure, it probably isn't the final word.... - dhl, Tue Apr 6 18:27:31 2004

RE: Sure, it probably isn't the final word.... - CKing, Thu Apr 8 00:13:14 2004

RE: Sure, it probably isn't the final word.... - dhl, Thu Apr 8 00:54:36 2004

RE: Sure, it probably isn't the final word.... - CKing, Thu Apr 8 22:02:28 2004

RE: Sure, it probably isn't the final word.... - CKing, Sun Apr 11 14:04:38 2004

RE: Sure, it probably isn't the final word.... - dhl, Sun Apr 11 20:49:11 2004

RE: Sure, it probably isn't the final word.... - CKing, Sun Apr 11 21:45:53 2004

and I refute your claim that all alterna have silvery-gray irises - troy h, Mon Apr 12 23:48:52 2004

RE: and I refute your claim that all alterna have silvery-gray irises - CKing, Tue Apr 13 03:03:37 2004

my point was that YOU WERE WRONG - conclusively demonstrated! - troy h, Tue Apr 13 07:03:04 2004

RE: An exception that proves the rule. - CKing, Tue Apr 13 13:30:36 2004

you contradict yourself - but thanks for admitting your error! - troy h, Fri Apr 16 14:32:38 2004

RE: If you understand biology... - CKing, Sat Apr 17 14:35:58 2004

RE: Hyla ('Pseudacris') regilla - a potential can of taxonomic worms - paalexan, Fri Apr 9 16:21:30 2004

RE: Hyla ('Pseudacris') regilla - a potential can of taxonomic worms - dhl, Fri Apr 9 16:49:17 2004

Unfortunately, not everyone is capable of freeing himself from the Hennigian straightjacket - CKing, Fri Apr 9 20:41:20 2004

RE: Hyla ('Pseudacris') regilla - a potential can of taxonomic worms - paalexan, Fri Apr 9 22:04:52 2004

RE: Hyla ('Pseudacris') regilla - a potential can of taxonomic worms - CKing, Fri Apr 9 22:24:53 2004

RE: Hyla ('Pseudacris') regilla - a potential can of taxonomic worms - CKing, Sat Apr 10 17:31:18 2004

RE: Hyla ('Pseudacris') regilla - a potential can of taxonomic worms - CKing, Fri Apr 9 19:05:40 2004

Since when did the facts matter to you? - troy h, Mon Apr 12 23:36:54 2004

RE: Since when did the facts matter to you? - CKing, Tue Apr 13 18:50:55 2004

RE: This is not a desert? - CKing, Tue Apr 13 23:48:15 2004

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